Pavese Festival

The Pavese Festival 2024 took place from 2 to 9 September in Santo Stefano Belbo, featuring a series of side events, both locally and across Italy. As usual, the Festival was paired with the Pavese Prize for an all-round homage to the writer, poet, publisher, translator and critic. The guiding theme of this edition – Vivere senza scrivere non vivo (without writing I won’t live– was taken from one of Cesare Pavese’s last letters, to underline the permanent union of literature and life that marked his entire professional and personal journey. See you next year from Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 June 2025. 

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The Festival over the years

The Pavese Festival was launched in 2001 as a tribute to Cesare Pavese in his hometown. Mixing music, art, theatre and literature, our Festival invites prominent guests from the Italian literary and music scene to explore Pavese’s themes and works in Santo Stefano BelboThroughout the years, our Festival has turned into an event not just for Pavese’s enthusiasts but also for visitors of a unique vineyard landscape, acknowledged as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. The Festival offers in fact the chance to discover the Langhe region that played such a kay role in shaping the author’s poetics. 

Among the big names of its 23 editions Avion Travel, Claudio Baglioni, Mario BiondiAndrea BoscaBoostaEzio BossoVinicio CaposselaColapesce & DimartinoCristina DonàMarcello FoisAlessandro Haber, Jhumpa LahiriFiorella MannoiaNeri MarcorèLaura MorantePacificoOmar PedriniMichele PlacidoAlessandro Preziosi, Isabella RagoneseEnrico Rava, just to mention a few. 

Pavese Festival 2023 (ph. Eunice Brovida, Fabjo Hazizaj, Andrea Icardi)

Pavese Festival 2022 (ph. Fabjo Hazizaj, Chiara Sacchetto)

Pavese Festival 2021 (ph. Eunice Brovida, Fabjo Hazizaj)

Pavese Festival 2020 (ph. Andrea Icardi)

Pavese Festival 2019 (ph. Claudio Marchini)

Pavese Festival 2018 (ph. Claudio Marchini)